Ewing has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Illinois 28, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Ewing; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ewing quiets down on a workday
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Ewing on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ewing clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
44 jobs are based in Ewing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ewing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ewing, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 44. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IL average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ewing workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 154 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Ewing commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ewing: questions
What is the median household income in Ewing?
$70,833 (±$7,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ewing?
12.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ewing?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ewing work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (17%, 16 mi), Marion (11%, 25 mi), Benton (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ewing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ewing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ewing
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.